VDB
GHSA-2fqh-hxv3-hqmx
GHSA-2fqh-hxv3-hqmx
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.400000095367432 HIGH
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 14, 2022
Mozilla Firefox before 49.0, Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.4, and Thunderbird < 45.4 rely on unintended expiration dates for Preloaded Public Key Pinning, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof add-on updates by leveraging possession of an X.509 server certificate for addons.mozilla.org signed by an arbitrary built-in Certification Authority.
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
7.400000095367432
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Timeline
- May 14, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 29, 2026 Security Advisory
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
Query this with the API
The same record, from the CLI:
vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-2fqh-hxv3-hqmx
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-2fqh-hxv3-hqmx
Or with curl, using the org id and key from your account page:
curl -s -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${VULNETIX_ORG_ID}:${VULNETIX_API_KEY}" \
"https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/GHSA-2fqh-hxv3-hqmx/fixes/registry"
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References
- https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2016/09/16/update-on-add-on-pinning-vulnerability url
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 url
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1912.html url
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3674 url
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html url
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1303127 url
- http://seclists.org/dailydave/2016/q3/51 url
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.html url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93049 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5284 advisory
- https://hackernoon.com/tor-browser-exposed-anti-privacy-implantation-at-mass-scale-bd68e9eb1e95 url
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-86 url
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-88 url
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852 url